Margulan Alkey Hakanovich

Archeologist and historian, art historian and folklorist of ancient architecture monument of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, Doctor of historical science.

Margulan Alkey Hakanovich was the
Archeologist and historian, art historian and folklorist of ancient
architecture monument of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, Doctor of
historical science (1945), correspondent member (1946), academician of Academy
of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR (1958) and professor (1960).

He graduated teachers’ courses in
Pavlodar and taught at Dalbinsky school of Baiyanaul region (1920).

(1921-1925) – The listener of Semipalatinsk
pedagogical college and editorial staff of “Tan” magazine and newspaper “Kazakh
language”;

(1930-1931) – Scientific
secretary of terminological commission of Kazakh folk commissariat of education
graduate student of the Leningrad State Academy of the history of material
culture;

(1936-1938) –
Trainee and researcher of Institute of history of Material culture of the USSR
Academy of Sciences;

(1939-1946) –
Senior researcher and head of the Institute of history of the Kazakh branch of
the USSR.

(1946-1985) – the head of sector,
head of department, chief scientific fellow of Institute of history, archeology
and ethnography of Academy of Science of Kazakhstan.

He investigated artefacts of
ancient art and issues of literature, historical and heroic epic of the Kazakh
people. From the middle of 1950 under the direction of the scientist was
collected the information and materials about outstanding Kazakh scientist and
educator Sh.Valihanov. The collection of Sh.Valihanov’s works was headed by
Coordinating Council for the ethnogenesis of the Kazakh people. The Scientific
council of the institute of history, archeology and ethnography of the Kazakh
SSR, specialized council for doctoral dissertations, organized the famous
Central Kazakhstan’s archeological expedition from 1946 to 1974.

Margulan
brilliantly studied the history of Abylaykhan, Abulhair, Kenesary and Kasym
khan period. He took in the creation of multi-volume “History of the Kazakh SSR
(from ancient times to the present day)”.
He author of more than 300 scientific and popular publications. Under
his leadership more than 50 masters and doctoral theses were defensed.

He was awarded
the Order of Lenin, The Red Banner of people, Order of friendship of people, medals,
diplomas and diploma of the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR. Margulan was the honored scientist of the Kazakh
SSR and laureate of the State prize of the Kazakh SSR.

Major scientific works:

Archeological
explorations in the basin of the Sary- su river, Alma-ata, 1947.

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From the history
of the cities of building ancient art of Kazakhstan, Alma-ata, 1950.